Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi face off against some battle droids in the season's fourth episode. While writer Brent Friedman said in 2014 the team had The Clone Wars planned out through the end of season 8, the cancellation resulted in several characters' fates being left unresolved. If you need more persuading as to why this engaging, ambitious series is essential viewing, check out our love letter to some of its greatest elements and moments.

The Clone Wars has amassed legions of loyal fans - as evidenced by its packed convention panels and the success of the #BringBackCloneWars movement - and offered a gateway into a galaxy far, far away for a new generation watching on Cartoon Network. She became one of the franchise's most beloved characters despite never physically appearing in a live-action movie. The show's best known for introducing Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker's Padawan, who 'represented equality,' according to her voice actress Ashley Eckstein. The series was canceled that year, in the wake of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, but a sixth season, known as The Lost Missions, gave us an additional 13 episodes in 2014.

15, 2008, then five seasons of 108 episodes that aired until 2013. The Clone Wars started off with a theatrically released movie of the same name on Aug. The show's named after the clone troopers, which were created from the DNA of bounty hunter Jango Fett and serve the Galactic Republic in its battle against the Separatists. Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano and Obi-Wan Kenobi top the bill in The Clone Wars season 7 poster, with Maul lurking below.

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